Homes & Antiques

The Buckingham Collection

The Month THE AUCTION

Included in the first of this year’s Fine Pottery & Porcelain sales atproduced between cl752 and cl780, and estimates for the 100 lots start at £100. Specialist Clare Durham says: ‘Collections of this type are rare in both size and scope and present an incredible opportunity to study changes in style and production. John Buckingham put a lot of love and effort into assembling his collection and it is an honour for us to be given the task of rehoming the figures that he has cherished for so long.’

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